Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32. Professions and Occupations § 32-1525. Examinations

A. The board shall use the naturopathic physicians licensing examination conducted by the North American board of naturopathic examiners, or its successor agency, for the national examinations required under §§ 32-1522, 32-1523 and 32-1523.01. The board may administer its own examination only for those areas that are determined by the board to be necessary for the safe practice of naturopathic medicine and not covered on the naturopathic physicians licensing examination. The board must accept the grade issued by the North American board of naturopathic examiners without adjustment. A board member or staff member shall not have any financial interest in the North American board of naturopathic examiners or the naturopathic physicians licensing examination.

B. An individual who is applying for licensure under § 32-1522 or 32-1523.01 shall take and pass the following portions of the naturopathic physicians licensing examinations or other examinations:

C. An individual who is applying for licensure under § 32-1523:

D. An individual who is applying for a license by endorsement pursuant to § 32-1523 and who was licensed in another state or a Canadian province before January 1, 2005, in addition to meeting the requirements of subsection C of this section, shall take and pass an additional sixty-hour course and examination in pharmacotherapeutics.

E. The examinations required for a license under § 32-1522, 32-1523 or 32-1523.01 shall include an examination in Arizona naturopathic jurisprudence that is administered by the board.

F. Examinations for licensure under this chapter shall:

G. The board by rule shall prescribe any subjects on which the applicant must be tested in addition to those required by this section. The board may prescribe rules for conducting its own examinations.

H. An applicant shall obtain a passing score on the national examination and shall obtain a grade of seventy-five percent or more in each subject administered by the board that is not covered on the national examination.

I. An applicant may challenge the applicant's grade on an examination conducted by the board by submitting a written request to the board within sixty days of receiving the grade. If the board upholds the applicant's challenge, it may change, within one hundred twenty days of the challenge, the grade on the examination on the vote of a majority of the full board.

J. An individual applying for licensure under § 32-1522 or 32-1523.01 shall take and complete all of the examinations required by this section within a five-year period immediately preceding the submission of an application for licensure. Each time an applicant files a request with the board to retake any part of an examination, the applicant shall pay the examination fee pursuant to § 32-1527.

K. All examination materials and records of examination grading are confidential and are not public records.